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How To Appraise Rural Properties

Appraisal Today

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on USPAP and Personal Inspection, GSE Appraisal Modernization, Transaction costs and values including real estate commissions, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. = Is the GSE’s “Appraisal Modernization” Really Just Mass Appraisal? By Dallas T.

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4 Tips for Buying a Fixer-Upper

Zillow

Bring in a home inspector Once you've made a verbal agreement to buy the house and are waiting for the contract to be drawn up, you'll want to hire a home inspector. Historic Homes and Modern Insurance Spectacular Renovations: Old Homes With Timeless Appeal Originally published on June 21, 2016

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Fannie Mae Takes A Closer Look at Appraisals

Appraisal Today

Failures to personally inspect and photograph comparables. The company moved in 2016 and the building was sold to Steve Coon, a developer in the state, who had plans to turn it into a luxury hotel, though now it’s back on the market for $6.5 The average contract interest rate for 15-year fixed-rate mortgages decreased to 6.27

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ClearCast Podcast E19 — Ribbon Co-Founder & CEO Shaival Shah

Clear Capital

It’s also, to be clear, somewhat about revolutionizing and modernizing the appraisal process by enabling property data collection to be performed by non-appraisers. The home inspection took longer. The lender says the home’s worth $335,000, you’re at contract at $350,000. Kenon Chen. Jeff Allen. Kenon Chen.

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HINTS OF SHARP INCREASE IN NEW CONSTRUCTION

Will Springer Realtor

There are no signs of a real estate crisis, particularly in the Puget Sound region, where prices keep rising – up about 20% the past year and 68% in Seattle alone since 2016, by one measure – amid a dearth of inventory and surge of buyers. Just more than 4,000 homes went under contract last month across all home types in King, a 4.3%

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What Are Fannie’s New Appraisal Online Formats?

Appraisal Today

NOTE: Please scroll down to read the other topics in this long blog post on Appraisal Institute President, non-lender appraisals, Changing state appraisal laws, Fannie modernization, unusual homes, mortgage origination stats, etc. Many appraisers have expressed that they will never sign a report they didn’t personally inspect.